Supernovae (SNe) of type Ib/c are believed to mark the deaths of massive stars that are stripped of their hydrogen (type Ib), and possibly helium (type Ic), envelope before explosion [1]}. A sub-class of Ib/c SNe dubbed broad-line (BL) Ic, estimated to constitute only \(\approx 5\%\) 
of the Ib/c population [2]}, [3]}, is of particular interest due to its relation to long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most relativistic stellar explosions we know of in the universe [4]}, [5]}.
While all GRB-associated SNe are of type BL-Ic [2]}, [7]}, not all BL-Ic events make a GRB [8]}, [9]}, [10]}. Thus, the question of what physical ingredients enable some stripped-envelope massive stars to launch a relativistic jet remains open [11]}.
